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Earlier this term Ms Speker shared with all staff in one of our morning briefing meetings about the power of Swivl – a recording device that follows the teacher around the...
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Earlier this term Ms Speker shared with all staff in one of our morning briefing meetings about the power of Swivl – a recording device that follows the teacher around the...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
A few weeks ago I had the privilege joining a Year 7 Character Development Group for their Friday reading session in A Block and saw a perfect partnership between the teacher Ms...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
Pictured here are some of our hard working students in Year 13 at the end of the Raising Achievement Assembly held just before the half term holiday. Collecting their Level 3...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
It was encouraging to join our superb Year 10 students in their Main School Assembly on Wednesday morning led by Associate Leader and Head of Sixth Form Mr O’Kelly. The theme of...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
It made for such a positive end to the first half term of the calendar year and to see so many talented students taking part in this year’s School Production Little Shop of...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
On February 7th – 13th the anti-bullying ambassadors ran a workshop to raise awareness of the Children’s Mental Health Week The theme this year was ‘Growing Together’;...
Posted by Helen Mateides
We’re excited to announce that next week Elevate will be hosting its next Parent Webinar. Feedback to the series so far has been fantastic, so don’t miss out the next instalment...
Posted by Helen Blowers
Last Thursday’s enrichment day for Sixth Form students covered a whole range of exciting activities including those based around promoting positive Mental Health and Sexual...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
We were absolutely delighted last week to welcome a number of organisations into Bushey Meads to work with our year 8 students introducing them to possible careers in...
Posted by Di Mcildowie
It has been so nice this week to enjoy our first school production for a number of years, the quality of which has been stunning. The singing, the acting, the very professional...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
Earlier this term Ms Speker shared with all staff in one of our morning briefing meetings about the power of Swivl – a recording device that follows the teacher around the classroom and captures the learning and engagement across the room.
She explained how she has used the technology as a personal professional development tool, analysing strengths and areas for development as she hones her pedagogy in the classroom.
It generated a lot of discussion and we hope her willingness to share this best practice inspires others to use this powerful strategy to support continued professional development across our learning community.
Last week I had the pleasure to be able to make our yearly donation to the local food bank in Bushey. If you recall the Heads of House had asked during the last round of House...
Our week started with a great ‘Monday Magic Moment’ in Staff Briefing delivered by Mrs Davey, one of our talented Advanced Lead Teachers. Coinciding with our third and...